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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2018
Mitchell: Won 21 of Clatsop County’s 33 precincts
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“I don’t think you can tell
from one race,” said Steve
Demarest, president of Ser-
vice Employees International
Union Local 503, who helped
promote Mitchell’s campaign.
“There’s so many factors that
could play into this.”
House District 32 includes
three counties — Clatsop,
Tillamook and Washington.
Mitchell won Clatsop — earn-
ing 44 percent of the vote —
and Washington — with 46
percent. Josi won his home
county, Tillamook, with 48
percent of the vote.
Mitchell won 21 of Clat-
sop County’s 33 precincts.
She said she spent the vast
majority of her time in Clat-
sop County because it rep-
resents the most substantial
portion of the district.
Knocking on more than
3,000 doors, Mitchell, who
lives in Astoria, spent most
weekdays in the county. On
weekends, she would either
take trips to the other counties
or rely on some of her 75 vol-
unteers to campaign there.
“Face-to-face interactions
was the No. 1 way I was able
to pull out a victory here,”
Mitchell said. “You’re much
more likely to have a heart-to-
heart conversation with some-
one when they’re standing at
your door.”
Clatsop County’s five cit-
ies were the most fruitful for
Mitchell, who carried all but
one of those precincts. People
involved with Mitchell’s cam-
paign say the door-knock-
ing efforts were particularly
effective in the more densely
populated areas. Unlike Josi,
Mitchell did not buy televi-
sion advertising.
“That’s where you get the
most bang for your buck,
walking the streets,” Demar-
est said.
Campaign finance
After trailing Josi in cam-
paign contributions signifi-
cantly in the first two months
before the vote, Mitch-
ell narrowed the gap in the
final weeks, raising nearly
$100,000 in total.
In late April and early
May, cash contributions from
the Oregon League of Conser-
vation Voters and two labor
unions accounted for nearly
half of Mitchell’s war chest.
The two unions — the
SEIU and Oregon AFSCME
Council 75 — have more
than 1,000 members who live
or work in House District
32. Fewer than 8,000 people
voted in the primary.
Issues such as limiting
cuts to the Public Employ-
ees Retirement System and
reducing child care costs
were some of the things union
leaders searched for in their
endorsements.
“The vast majority of peo-
ple who live here are work-
ers,” said Mitchell, an SEIU
member. “When you have
that voice from someone who
isn’t that type of person you
usually see in politics, I think
Bridge: Aim is to make event safer
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He and Torres both believe
the closure will make for a bet-
ter, safer event — not just for
the runners and walkers, but
also for the volunteers and
flaggers posted along the route.
The chamber and ODOT plan
to get word out early about the
bridge closure to ensure no
one is unexpectedly stuck on
either side during the Oct. 14
event.
The Department of Trans-
portation fields numerous
requests to close bridges or
roads for many different kinds
of events, from a pet parade
down a street in a small town
to a bicycle ride over Port-
land’s Fremont Bridge.
“We basically want to say
‘yes,’ but we also want to work
with the community to address
the potential negatives,” Tor-
res said.
The Great Columbia
Crossing, for all the logis-
tics involved, has always been
that resonates with them.”
Aid from environmental
interests went beyond finan-
cial contributions. Sonny
Mehta — Mitchell’s manager
for most of the campaign —
is a field director for Renew
Oregon, a clean energy lobby-
ing coalition. Replacing him
for the general election will
be Thomas Rogers, a former
Renew Oregon intern who
volunteered for Mitchell.
Forestry issues became a
dividing line in the race. With
Josi generally supportive of
modern forestry practices,
Orr and Mitchell called for
changes. Mitchell’s call for an
elimination of clearcuts, for
example, appealed to envi-
ronmental groups.
Mitchell supporters also
point to demographics as
another potential reason
behind the win. An increasing
appetite for women candidates
may have helped propel her,
said Debbie Boothe-Schmidt,
a campaign volunteer.
“I heard several times, ‘We
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a fairly reasonable request,
scheduled to take place on a
sleepy weekend morning in
October when tourism is at a
low point.
But, Torres added, “We’re
in a different world today.”
“I think (the Great Colum-
bia Crossing) could be a pretty
good example of an event that
went through some changes
because of events happen-
ing out in the world today,” he
said.
Pivot to November
With five months before
the general election in
November, Mitchell will now
appeal for votes from those
who supported Orr and Josi.
Timber interests were some
of Josi’s main financial back-
ers. Many of those voters are
skeptical of her environmen-
tal policies.
“I think, deep down, we all
really want the same thing,”
she said. “I really do want to
keep your jobs, but in a sus-
tainable way.”
With few policy differ-
ences of opinion between
them, Orr repeatedly stressed
campaign finance reform as
an issue. He raised just over
$16,000 in cash contribu-
tions, and no donation topped
$1,000. Mitchell said her cam-
paign funds come from peo-
ple and groups whose views
largely align with those of
Orr, who said he will endorse
Mitchell.
“It’s not Wells Fargo,” she
said. “It’s someone who’s
possibly taking care of people
from home.”
Opposing Mitchell in
November will be Vineeta
Lower — the only Repub-
lican candidate who filed.
Brian Halvorsen, an Inde-
pendent from Tillamook, will
also run.
Lower said she will high-
light infrastructure improve-
ments and education needs
in the campaign. The Seaside
educator will begin door-to-
door campaigning in the com-
ing months.
“I’m really looking for-
ward to getting out this sum-
mer and meeting my neigh-
bors,” she said.
Despite the differences
revealed in the Democratic
primary, a dramatic shift in
messaging and strategy will
not be necessary for the gen-
eral election, Mitchell said. “I
am who I am.”
Long Beach: ‘Landlines
are a thing of the past’
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The Astoria Bridge will close in October for the Great Co-
lumbia Crossing.
need someone besides an old
white guy in office,’” Boothe-
Schmidt said.
The discussion contin-
ued with councilors in agree-
ment that property manag-
ers who supervise short-term
rentals should be available
24/7, but split over whether
rules should require land-
line telephones in every prop-
erty. A landline is one of the
requirements for a vacation
rental conditional use permit
in Ilwaco, for example.
Discussion highlighted
worries about specific cell
service “dead zones,” but
also whether landlines are an
anachronism, despite their
value for receiving emer-
gency messages. “Landlines
are a thing of the past,” said
Councilor Del Murry.
Renting a home for less
than 30 days in Long Beach
residential zones requires a
conditional use permit. Con-
ditions include a readily
available property manager, a
limit on the number of guests
based on the number of bed-
rooms, and a requirement that
all parking be on the site —
with no RV parking allowed.
Quiet hours between 10
p.m. and 8 a.m. should be
enforced; rules also restrict
the size and number of lighted
signs.
Problems at vacation rent-
als led to prolonged uproar in
Cannon Beach and Gearhart,
said Dave Glasson, the city
administrator. He noted that
peninsula communities have
learned from these Oregon
towns’ mistakes.
Councilors heard that
some property companies
have rental contracts that fine
visitors $500 if the police are
called to any disturbance.
April Smith, the community
development director, said
officers always inform the
city of such incidents.
The City Council agreed
that the days of streaking
during fraternity parties and
raucous softball tournaments
with a keg on second base
were long past. “We have
not had any ‘Animal House’
activity in our area,” said
Murry.
Smith will revise any pro-
posed rule changes and bring
them to the council for further
discussion.
Phillips said a bigger prob-
lem, raised at the last meet-
ing, is visitors parking RVs
on vacant lots and not dispos-
ing of their sewage properly.
“They should be going to an
RV park — money is being
taken away from them,” he
said.
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Schedule includes evenings
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Food handling, customer skills,
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